In three days’ time, NASA’s InSight Lander is expected to plunge through Mars’ atmosphere before parachuting down to a controlled landing on the flat plains of the Elysium Planitia. Once the dust has settled, a solar powered robotic arm will painstakingly unload the precious instruments stored onboard onto the planet’s surface, carefully guided by scientists back on Earth. These instruments are de ...[Read More]
NASA’s InSight mission: detecting ‘earthquakes*’ on the surface of Mars
The InSight spacecraft approaches Mars in this artist’s concept. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)